Genesis 10:8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
6†‖And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall hee deliuer vs from the Assyrian, when he commeth into our land, and when hee treadeth within our borders.
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Genesis 10:8
1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).
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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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10:6¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
10:6¶ *And the sonnes of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
10:7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10:7And the sonnes of Cush, Seba, and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sonnes of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Selected passage10:9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
10:9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is saide, Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter before the LORD.
10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
10:10And the beginning of his kingdome was †Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
10:11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
10:11Out of that land went forth ‖Asshur, and builded Nineueh, and the ‖citie Rehoboth, and Calah,
10:12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
10:12And Resen betweene Nineueh and Calah: the same is a great citie.
10:13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
10:13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
10:14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
10:14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim (out of whome came Philistiim) and Caphtorim.